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SHORTRIDGE DAILY ECHO
FIRST AMERICAN HIGH SCHOOL DAILY
VOL. XXX. No. !>r>.
SHORTRIDGE HIGH SCHOOL. INDIANAPOLIS, FRIDAY. I FHRl ARY 17. 1928.
TWO CENTS.
BLUE PRACTICE HARD
EOR HOLIDAY ERACAS
Team Plans To (Jive Red Men
The Axe Like George Did
Ye Olde Fruit Tree.
The Manual game is nexl Wednesday and alter that the sectional, regional and state. The team in practice yesterday showed plenty of pep
and scrap, though the hoys at times
played rather raggedly. There is no
game this week-end, and the whole
time and efforl of the team is going
injo preparation for tbe south side
game.
The squad Is fighting hard now he-
cause sunn the men win, will be taken
to the sectional will be chosen. Wiltshire. Payne, Hose. Teegarden, and
Kauffman are all coming along In Une
shape and a choice among them will
be hard to make.
The scrimmages were shorl bul
scrappy last night. Some hot tinder-
the-baskel scrambles were the features of the practice. Alter the actual
play Coach Burton had the hoys shool
fouls until each had made ten, This
practice Is good training for the team
as more than one game has I n won
ur lost on tree throws.
A great crowd is expected to he at
the Cathedral gym Wednesday to
. heer the team to it victory In the last
game of the regular season.
TRACK SQUAD HOLDS
SNAPPY PRACTICE
The track squad held a Bhorl prai
lice in the gym yesterday afternoon,
stressing form and timing, The half
tuili. was run. not I'm- speed, hut ror
proper judgment ol time.
Aboul thirty-five men have come
mil. snme nf w limn are good prospects.
Coach Culbertson announced that outdoor practice will start about March
l. All l.nys of athletic ability w im are
not engaged in baskel hall or ini.ii.ali
should join this squad Immediately, in
order to gel ill condition.
The tryouts will he held shortly
after out-door practice begins. The
team is working hard, and hopes In
give Shortridge a "nnd standing.
GEJffiGE ROGERS CLARK
HISTORICAL PLATE SHOWN
The Capture of Fort Sackville
as Foil rayed liy F. ('. Yohn
Used Effectively.
An Interesting incident occurred
yesterday iu the Indiana history class
when the George Rogers Clark historical plat.- was offered to the pupils for inspect ion. 'l'he plate was
made by the famous Wedgwood Potteries of Staffordshire, England, a
firm that for two Inquired years has
been noted for Ingeiilblfirwork on historical plates. Connoisseurs ami collectors of ceramic an are constantly
searching for these products.
The George Rogers dark plate pos
sesses a threefold interest. In lhe
lirst place il portrays the capture of
Fori Sackville in I77H. which eveni
made American forever all that region
now Included in ihe live great states
Ol ll'.- old .Northwest. Tllis event is
to he widely celebrated next year ami
greal plans for th tension are being made locally and nationally.
Secondly, ihe painting made by
Fred C. Yohn at the request of the
Youth's Companion, has been reproduced mosl effectively as the central
theme behind the exclusive landscape
border that is found on ail Wedge-
wood plate productions. Shortridgers
should have an increased interest ill
the plate because Fred Yohn is a
Shortridge alumnus and some of his
Illustrations may be seen about the
school.
Lastly, the plate i.s of interest because of its intrinsic merit as a fine
(Continued on Page Four)
MUSEUM WINS APPROVAL
OE EACULTY GUESTS
Vast Amount of Material Already Collected .Makes Children's Exhibit Valuable.
Instead of the usual formal faculty
meeting, Wednesday afternoon, the
teachers were Invited to go to the
Children's Museum, 1160 North Meridian Btreet, there to drink tea ami
disport themselves gaily, while Inspecting ihe hundreds ot Interesting
things thai enter Into the making ii*»
a splendid museum. According to reports the party was a grand success
and "a good time was had hy till."
The chief purpose, however, was lo
acquaint more people with th" Institution BO lhat liny hint" sec-not only
what the museum now is hut whal
it hope: to he.
The general Impressions received
hy lhe teachers. Wednesday, wen- very
favorable. A visit to the museum ami
a careful Inspection of its treasures
will he worth the lime of any one if
all reports are true. When Interviewed, yesterday, some of the following opinions were heard:
"The Children's Museum Impresses
nn- as an ideal use of lhe natural
curiosity of childhood, for educational
purposes. The material collected thus
far Is high class ami artistically arranged quite in contrast to the dust-
collecting \iunk' one often thinks of
when the word 'museum' is mentioned.
More power to the Children's Museum." Wm. X. (inn.
"I liked everything aboul tin- Children's Museum, hut I was especially
intei-i sled iii ilie ;, rt ii-I.-s from the
early homes in Isdiana." S. 1'.
Jenckes.
"Museum exhibits aro of interest to
old and yount; because they are Instructive and often have the charm of
antiquity, it is a fine thfng to see
civic-minded people donate the
grounds, the building ami the contents nf lhe Children's Museum tn the
community. It has the possibility of
becoming a lino educational center."
K. A. Rice.
"The Children's Museum is a de-
Ughtful place. There are jinrickshaws.
old machines, urns, swords, early
guns, Chinese musical instruments—
(Continued on Page Four)
: : vi i imion
SHORTIUDGERS '. '.
Tin* .In ii im- Vamlf* ilie I- tn he
held February 2S. Perfnminnccs
are nftortinoii ami evening1. Tickets nre 25c inui 35c respectively.
The committee litis been working
liiird ami it hopes tin- performance "III go over willi n '"Bninr."
liii) your tickets now.
"Tempi!*. ItiLril."
TYPIST STUDENTS
GIVEN SILVER PINS
Silver pills have been awarded to
Margaret Heidi and Virginia Cochran
ior typing at the s|ieed of forty words
a minute for fifteen minutes. The Royal and Remington Typewriting Company presented tin- pins.
FEW SENIORS REMAIN
TO.RF PHOTOGRAPHED
The seniors have been very busy
having their pictures taken during the
past ten days. The few who remain
to be "taken" should go In I lexllcilll-
er's before Wednesday of ihey wHl not
have their photographs taken before
March 16, and will not receive the
t!ni. tied pictures befori June.
Anyone wishing information should
.. 'm..- Letiff, s. U. 7. ..
Those ii* did not go to the photo.••nphcr's at the appointed time are
a follows: Virgil Adams. Panoria
Apostal, Dorothea *•/"Ruckle, Kenneth
Brow*, Leberl Hush. Mylls Carlson.
Mui: an t DikvIs, Betty Duckworth,
Opal Rate . Colonel Fallgbt, Mary I..
Free, Vera I". Free, Pauline Glidewell,
Vlarjorle Goetchens, Theodore Great-
batch. Sidney Maase, Virginia Hetherington, Pred inn. Virginia Hobbs,
John Hobson, Paul Hostetter, Marian
Jenckes, Richard .inh. Frank Jones,
Frank Keever, Pauline Kennedy. Victor Klain. Katherine Kyle. Fred l.ahr.
Lois Leonard, Jean MeColgln, Katherine Maurer, Janice Michael. Henri'..
Mitchell. Mary Morrison, John Nol ler,
William Ogden, James Otto, Eleanor
Perry, Thomas Potter, Audrey Pugh,
Fletcher Rahke, Stanley Ross, Viola
Ruge, Pauline Schaefer, Mary Alice
-'. I . :;. I. Maty Beth Shields, l.ewis II.
Skinner. Marion Silcox, Rao I*. Smith.
Pictures may also In- taken Satin-
daj morning.
SHORT SKETCHES READ
AT DRAMA MEETING
Members (Jive Entertaining
Modernized Version of
.Mother Goose.
The Junior Drama League had a
very Interesting meeting, yesterday
nfternoon, Miss Love opened the meeting hy giving a shorl talk aboul the
N'ationnl Drama League Week. Frauds Hill recited a comical little poem
called "Encouragement" which was
very much enjoyed hy the audience.
I'nder the direction of Eleanor
Cohn. a clever modernized version of
Mother Goose was read hy Doris Egbert, Marian Fisher, Clementine Casmire. Marian Jenckes, Mary Catherine
Kiger, Elol . Bj rkett, Martha Louise
(lindens and Virginia Taj lor.
A play im- the Tuberculosis Society
is tn he given soon, and a little sketch
called "The Court nf Honor" was read
fin- the league's approval. Persons
who participated in the play were Constance McCullough, Dvera Cohn. Mary
Eleanor Peggs, Prank oliphant.
Charles Fell. Frederick Engelking,
William Patrick, Waneta Graves, ami
Fletcher Woodbury.
— »
GIRL RESERVES PLAN
COLONIAL TEA FER. 11
The cirl Reserves ot Indianapolis
ar.- giving their annual Colonial tea,
February 22. The hours an- between
:; and .". o'clock. A very Interesting
program has hen planned, ami all thc
Shortridgers are cordially invited.
MIL 1 Vlt\ VII V\ IJfFROVIXG.
Mr. Carnahan, head of the Math.
Department, has been ill at the Methodist Hospital since Monday, February 13.
.Mr. Carnahan is recovering satisfactorily ami is expected hack ai
school, Monday.
GREEK PUPILS HAVE
GAY VALENTINE PARTY
Miss Marl hen Receives Gift
of a Bouquet of Roses—
Program Given.
Lasl Monday morning, Miss Marthens' advanced Greek class put aside
th.-ir dignity ami gave way to the
joviality nf a valentine party, ll was
al i, a celebration nf the completion
of the translation of Xenophon and
the beginning nf the [Had.
I'lain es Hill was grand master nf
ceremonies and refreshments chairman.
i mt 'an. c \|. i'ullough, as ihe grand
originator of the glorious mode of affectionate remembrance, was the only
other official of the occasion. A dozen
red ruses were presented to Miss
Wnrthens by the class and the members were the recipients of place cards
and Biiiull heart-shaped candy boxes.
Xanu had been drawn lasl Friday
and valentines were exchanged among
the students. The program consisted
of a vocal solo, "Would Thai I Were
a Butterfly," by George Mitchell and
a Creek jig and foillc column tn the
tllne "Wier. lie- River Shannon
Flows," by William Patrick. A clever
bit entitled. "What We Know About
Greek Won't Hurl l's." was sunn: hy
Marjorie Blackmail, Jane Hodges,
Jeannette I.e Saulnier ami Virginia
Sanders.
Winn the hell closed this unusual
social hour ilu- Creeks were unanimous in the belief thai school isn't
such a dreary old place after all.
Miss Crissman, of the Commercial
Department, was absent from school
yesterday, on account of illness. Several advanced students substituted for
her iu her classes.
Miss Imel nf the Chemistry Department has been mil nf school several
days because of illness.
Art students tire preparing four
posters advertising the Junior Vaudeville.

SHORTRIDGE DAILY ECHO
FIRST AMERICAN HIGH SCHOOL DAILY
VOL. XXX. No. !>r>.
SHORTRIDGE HIGH SCHOOL. INDIANAPOLIS, FRIDAY. I FHRl ARY 17. 1928.
TWO CENTS.
BLUE PRACTICE HARD
EOR HOLIDAY ERACAS
Team Plans To (Jive Red Men
The Axe Like George Did
Ye Olde Fruit Tree.
The Manual game is nexl Wednesday and alter that the sectional, regional and state. The team in practice yesterday showed plenty of pep
and scrap, though the hoys at times
played rather raggedly. There is no
game this week-end, and the whole
time and efforl of the team is going
injo preparation for tbe south side
game.
The squad Is fighting hard now he-
cause sunn the men win, will be taken
to the sectional will be chosen. Wiltshire. Payne, Hose. Teegarden, and
Kauffman are all coming along In Une
shape and a choice among them will
be hard to make.
The scrimmages were shorl bul
scrappy last night. Some hot tinder-
the-baskel scrambles were the features of the practice. Alter the actual
play Coach Burton had the hoys shool
fouls until each had made ten, This
practice Is good training for the team
as more than one game has I n won
ur lost on tree throws.
A great crowd is expected to he at
the Cathedral gym Wednesday to
. heer the team to it victory In the last
game of the regular season.
TRACK SQUAD HOLDS
SNAPPY PRACTICE
The track squad held a Bhorl prai
lice in the gym yesterday afternoon,
stressing form and timing, The half
tuili. was run. not I'm- speed, hut ror
proper judgment ol time.
Aboul thirty-five men have come
mil. snme nf w limn are good prospects.
Coach Culbertson announced that outdoor practice will start about March
l. All l.nys of athletic ability w im are
not engaged in baskel hall or ini.ii.ali
should join this squad Immediately, in
order to gel ill condition.
The tryouts will he held shortly
after out-door practice begins. The
team is working hard, and hopes In
give Shortridge a "nnd standing.
GEJffiGE ROGERS CLARK
HISTORICAL PLATE SHOWN
The Capture of Fort Sackville
as Foil rayed liy F. ('. Yohn
Used Effectively.
An Interesting incident occurred
yesterday iu the Indiana history class
when the George Rogers Clark historical plat.- was offered to the pupils for inspect ion. 'l'he plate was
made by the famous Wedgwood Potteries of Staffordshire, England, a
firm that for two Inquired years has
been noted for Ingeiilblfirwork on historical plates. Connoisseurs ami collectors of ceramic an are constantly
searching for these products.
The George Rogers dark plate pos
sesses a threefold interest. In lhe
lirst place il portrays the capture of
Fori Sackville in I77H. which eveni
made American forever all that region
now Included in ihe live great states
Ol ll'.- old .Northwest. Tllis event is
to he widely celebrated next year ami
greal plans for th tension are being made locally and nationally.
Secondly, ihe painting made by
Fred C. Yohn at the request of the
Youth's Companion, has been reproduced mosl effectively as the central
theme behind the exclusive landscape
border that is found on ail Wedge-
wood plate productions. Shortridgers
should have an increased interest ill
the plate because Fred Yohn is a
Shortridge alumnus and some of his
Illustrations may be seen about the
school.
Lastly, the plate i.s of interest because of its intrinsic merit as a fine
(Continued on Page Four)
MUSEUM WINS APPROVAL
OE EACULTY GUESTS
Vast Amount of Material Already Collected .Makes Children's Exhibit Valuable.
Instead of the usual formal faculty
meeting, Wednesday afternoon, the
teachers were Invited to go to the
Children's Museum, 1160 North Meridian Btreet, there to drink tea ami
disport themselves gaily, while Inspecting ihe hundreds ot Interesting
things thai enter Into the making ii*»
a splendid museum. According to reports the party was a grand success
and "a good time was had hy till."
The chief purpose, however, was lo
acquaint more people with th" Institution BO lhat liny hint" sec-not only
what the museum now is hut whal
it hope: to he.
The general Impressions received
hy lhe teachers. Wednesday, wen- very
favorable. A visit to the museum ami
a careful Inspection of its treasures
will he worth the lime of any one if
all reports are true. When Interviewed, yesterday, some of the following opinions were heard:
"The Children's Museum Impresses
nn- as an ideal use of lhe natural
curiosity of childhood, for educational
purposes. The material collected thus
far Is high class ami artistically arranged quite in contrast to the dust-
collecting \iunk' one often thinks of
when the word 'museum' is mentioned.
More power to the Children's Museum." Wm. X. (inn.
"I liked everything aboul tin- Children's Museum, hut I was especially
intei-i sled iii ilie ;, rt ii-I.-s from the
early homes in Isdiana." S. 1'.
Jenckes.
"Museum exhibits aro of interest to
old and yount; because they are Instructive and often have the charm of
antiquity, it is a fine thfng to see
civic-minded people donate the
grounds, the building ami the contents nf lhe Children's Museum tn the
community. It has the possibility of
becoming a lino educational center."
K. A. Rice.
"The Children's Museum is a de-
Ughtful place. There are jinrickshaws.
old machines, urns, swords, early
guns, Chinese musical instruments—
(Continued on Page Four)
: : vi i imion
SHORTIUDGERS '. '.
Tin* .In ii im- Vamlf* ilie I- tn he
held February 2S. Perfnminnccs
are nftortinoii ami evening1. Tickets nre 25c inui 35c respectively.
The committee litis been working
liiird ami it hopes tin- performance "III go over willi n '"Bninr."
liii) your tickets now.
"Tempi!*. ItiLril."
TYPIST STUDENTS
GIVEN SILVER PINS
Silver pills have been awarded to
Margaret Heidi and Virginia Cochran
ior typing at the s|ieed of forty words
a minute for fifteen minutes. The Royal and Remington Typewriting Company presented tin- pins.
FEW SENIORS REMAIN
TO.RF PHOTOGRAPHED
The seniors have been very busy
having their pictures taken during the
past ten days. The few who remain
to be "taken" should go In I lexllcilll-
er's before Wednesday of ihey wHl not
have their photographs taken before
March 16, and will not receive the
t!ni. tied pictures befori June.
Anyone wishing information should
.. 'm..- Letiff, s. U. 7. ..
Those ii* did not go to the photo.••nphcr's at the appointed time are
a follows: Virgil Adams. Panoria
Apostal, Dorothea *•/"Ruckle, Kenneth
Brow*, Leberl Hush. Mylls Carlson.
Mui: an t DikvIs, Betty Duckworth,
Opal Rate . Colonel Fallgbt, Mary I..
Free, Vera I". Free, Pauline Glidewell,
Vlarjorle Goetchens, Theodore Great-
batch. Sidney Maase, Virginia Hetherington, Pred inn. Virginia Hobbs,
John Hobson, Paul Hostetter, Marian
Jenckes, Richard .inh. Frank Jones,
Frank Keever, Pauline Kennedy. Victor Klain. Katherine Kyle. Fred l.ahr.
Lois Leonard, Jean MeColgln, Katherine Maurer, Janice Michael. Henri'..
Mitchell. Mary Morrison, John Nol ler,
William Ogden, James Otto, Eleanor
Perry, Thomas Potter, Audrey Pugh,
Fletcher Rahke, Stanley Ross, Viola
Ruge, Pauline Schaefer, Mary Alice
-'. I . :;. I. Maty Beth Shields, l.ewis II.
Skinner. Marion Silcox, Rao I*. Smith.
Pictures may also In- taken Satin-
daj morning.
SHORT SKETCHES READ
AT DRAMA MEETING
Members (Jive Entertaining
Modernized Version of
.Mother Goose.
The Junior Drama League had a
very Interesting meeting, yesterday
nfternoon, Miss Love opened the meeting hy giving a shorl talk aboul the
N'ationnl Drama League Week. Frauds Hill recited a comical little poem
called "Encouragement" which was
very much enjoyed hy the audience.
I'nder the direction of Eleanor
Cohn. a clever modernized version of
Mother Goose was read hy Doris Egbert, Marian Fisher, Clementine Casmire. Marian Jenckes, Mary Catherine
Kiger, Elol . Bj rkett, Martha Louise
(lindens and Virginia Taj lor.
A play im- the Tuberculosis Society
is tn he given soon, and a little sketch
called "The Court nf Honor" was read
fin- the league's approval. Persons
who participated in the play were Constance McCullough, Dvera Cohn. Mary
Eleanor Peggs, Prank oliphant.
Charles Fell. Frederick Engelking,
William Patrick, Waneta Graves, ami
Fletcher Woodbury.
— »
GIRL RESERVES PLAN
COLONIAL TEA FER. 11
The cirl Reserves ot Indianapolis
ar.- giving their annual Colonial tea,
February 22. The hours an- between
:; and .". o'clock. A very Interesting
program has hen planned, ami all thc
Shortridgers are cordially invited.
MIL 1 Vlt\ VII V\ IJfFROVIXG.
Mr. Carnahan, head of the Math.
Department, has been ill at the Methodist Hospital since Monday, February 13.
.Mr. Carnahan is recovering satisfactorily ami is expected hack ai
school, Monday.
GREEK PUPILS HAVE
GAY VALENTINE PARTY
Miss Marl hen Receives Gift
of a Bouquet of Roses—
Program Given.
Lasl Monday morning, Miss Marthens' advanced Greek class put aside
th.-ir dignity ami gave way to the
joviality nf a valentine party, ll was
al i, a celebration nf the completion
of the translation of Xenophon and
the beginning nf the [Had.
I'lain es Hill was grand master nf
ceremonies and refreshments chairman.
i mt 'an. c \|. i'ullough, as ihe grand
originator of the glorious mode of affectionate remembrance, was the only
other official of the occasion. A dozen
red ruses were presented to Miss
Wnrthens by the class and the members were the recipients of place cards
and Biiiull heart-shaped candy boxes.
Xanu had been drawn lasl Friday
and valentines were exchanged among
the students. The program consisted
of a vocal solo, "Would Thai I Were
a Butterfly," by George Mitchell and
a Creek jig and foillc column tn the
tllne "Wier. lie- River Shannon
Flows," by William Patrick. A clever
bit entitled. "What We Know About
Greek Won't Hurl l's." was sunn: hy
Marjorie Blackmail, Jane Hodges,
Jeannette I.e Saulnier ami Virginia
Sanders.
Winn the hell closed this unusual
social hour ilu- Creeks were unanimous in the belief thai school isn't
such a dreary old place after all.
Miss Crissman, of the Commercial
Department, was absent from school
yesterday, on account of illness. Several advanced students substituted for
her iu her classes.
Miss Imel nf the Chemistry Department has been mil nf school several
days because of illness.
Art students tire preparing four
posters advertising the Junior Vaudeville.